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Earl Hindman
Bisbee, Arizona, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Earl John Hindman (October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) was an American actor, best-known for his role as the kindly neighbor (whose lower…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Earl John Hindman (October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) was an American actor, best-known for his role as the kindly neighbor (whose lower face was always hidden from sight from the television viewer) Wilson W. Wilson Jr. on the television sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1999). Long before this role, however, he played bad guys in two 1970s thrillers, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and The Parallax View. Hindman's most famous and enduring pre-Home Improvement role was as Bob Reid in Ryan's Hope. He played the role in 459 episodes during the years 1975-1989. Ex-police officer Bob Reid was everybody's best friend who never got the girl, and was the long-suffering brother of the soap's serial bride Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge. Hindman's wife Molly McGreevey was also on the soap 1977-1981 as Polly Longworth, best friend to media tycoon Rae Woodard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Earl Hindman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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2003
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
Movie Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Sheriff
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2001
Final
Movie Official
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1998
Hercules
TV show Pericles
- 1992
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1992
Stay the Night
Movie Mike Kettman Sr
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1991
Home Improvement
TV show Wilson Wilson Jr.
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1991
Fires Within
Movie Sergeant
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1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Movie Henry Macy
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1990
Law & Order
TV show Defense Attorney Riley
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1990
Rising Son
Movie Victor
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1990
Kojak: It's Always Something
Movie Donley
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1988
Talk Radio
Movie Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
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1988
War and Remembrance
TV show Wade McClusky
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1988
The Red Spider
Movie Stern
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1987
3 Men and a Baby
Movie Satch
More credits
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1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Movie Danny
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1986
One Police Plaza
Movie Det. Jake Stern
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1985
Spenser: For Hire
TV show
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1985
The Equalizer
TV show Findlay
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1985
Silverado
Movie J.T.
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1984
Tales from the Darkside
TV show Harry Carson
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1983
Murder in Coweta County
Movie J.H. Potts
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1981
Taps
Movie Lieutenant Hanson
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1978
The Brink's Job
Movie FBI Agent # 3
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1977
Greased Lightning
Movie Beau Welles
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1975
Ryan's Hope
TV show Bob Reid
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1974
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Movie Garrity
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1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie Brown
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1974
The Parallax View
Movie Deputy Red
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1973
Key West
Movie Rick
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1973
Pueblo
Movie QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
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1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Movie Whitey
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1971
Great Performances
TV show William
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1971
A Memory of Two Mondays
Movie William
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1969
The Ultimate Degenerate
Movie Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
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1968
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Movie Don
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1967
Teenage Mother
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